As
the
powerhouse
of
talent,
actress
Tabassum
Fatima
Hashmi
aka
Tabu
turns
50
today
(November
4,
2020),
we
dig
up
an
old
interview
of
hers,
which
she
had
given
in
1997.
While
we
all
know
that
she
made
her
Bollywood
debut
with
Pehla
Pehla
Pyar
in
1994,
but
grabbed
eyeballs
with
her
promising
presence
in
Vijaypath,
which
also
released
in
the
same
year
and
starred
Ajay
Devgn
opposite
her.
However,
do
you
know
how
Tabu
got
into
acting?
In
1997,
Tabu
had
spoken
about
her
foray
into
Bollywood
and
said,
"The
first
film
I
worked
in
was
Dev
Anand's
Hum
Naujawan.
Then,
I
went
back
to
school
and
college.
After
that,
Shekhar
(Kapur)
got
me
Prem.
That's
how
my
career
began."
If
you're
a
true
fan
of
Tabu,
you
must
know
that
actress
Shabana
Azmi
is
her
aunt.
Speaking
of
her
family
connection
with
the
film
industry,
Tabu
had
shared,
"See,
my
uncle
was
a
cameraman
and
got
a
national
award
for
his
first
film
and
his
son,
Sameer
Arya,
is
also
a
cameraman.
Then
there's
my
aunt,
Shabana
(Azmi),
and
her
parents-
the
thing
is
I've
always
had
talented
people
around
me,
all
of
whom
have
encouraged
me
to
do
my
best
in
whatever
I
was
interested
in."
In
the
same
interview,
Tabu
has
also
opened
up
about
her
personality
and
confessed
that
she
isn't
a
very
social
person.
"I
don't
party.
So
I
guess
I
have
not
made
friends
within
the
industry.
Also,
it's
very
difficult
for
me
to
make
friends.
I
am
happy
the
way
I
am," had
shared
Tabu.
Speaking
of
Tabu's
work
in
the
film
industry
in
the
last
three
decades,
she
has
done
every
kind
of
film.
Be
it
content-driven
or
commercial,
Tabu
always
knows
how
to
leave
the
audiences
bewitched
with
her
presence
on
the
silver
screen.
The
best
part
about
Tabu's
work
is
that
she
has
not
only
made
her
presence
feel
in
Bollywood,
but
also
in
regional
film
industries
including
Tamil,
Telugu,
Malayalam,
Marathi
and
Bengali.
Did
we
forget
to
mention
Hollywood?
Well,
that
too!
FilmiBeat
wishes
Tabu
a
very
happy
birthday
and
may
she
continue
to
bewitch
her
fans
with
her
work.